Hello once again from Kiruna, Sweden!
We have been very busy here since the last post, for instance last Friday most of the students on the course joined in a ‘World Cup’ of Kirunaball. Kirunaball is a game which was created by some of the people during the course involving Football, Basketball, Netball and a couple of other sports. It certainly passes the time well and is a lot of fun, you can learn more about it on Facebook and Wikipedia.
At the weekend a few of us went on a trip out to the town of Narvik close by in Norway, unfortunately it seems that Summer is pretty much finished up here and the weather didn’t cooperate very well….we got a little soaked. It also seems to be getting colder and colder every morning, it certainly is odd to be wearing three layers of clothes in the middle of August!
This week we have also had the good fortune to be lectured by Gerhard Thiele, a former Astronaut and Mission Specialist on STS-99. He has been talking to us about our need to Explore Space and what that actually means and on Thursday will be talking about his experiences aboard the Space Shuttle.
If you want to have a look at the course from another angle, then check out this Blog written by one of the other students on the Course, Taylor. It touches on her trip to Norway as well as our day at Esrange, with some great photos to go with it!
More next time, and hopefully some photos!
Tom















